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reagan, george bush, and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it is one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church, from 1856 till the present one of the little-known fact about presidential inaugurations is that it has been the custom in modern times to have a church service, and worship service of some kind before the president takes the oath of office. people feel this is a longstanding tradition. it began with franklin roosevelt on march 4, 1933. when he wished to have a worship service take place before he took the oath of office, in the depths of the great depression. he contacted the church and he organized a special service with his former headmaster at school, who participated in the church with coming up with a special service. the have that service at st. john's t
reagan, george bush, and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact them and have them sign this historic book, which is a very dear item to the church. it is one of those great pieces of history that has been long associated with this church, from 1856 till the present one of the little-known fact about presidential inaugurations is that it has been the custom in modern times...
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ronald reagan did it a generation ago. ronald reagan was the first to go over the heads of congress and use his great appeal as a television personality and communicator, the great communicator to get his agenda through congress. not working the inside game but working the inside game via the outside game. i think you're going to see that doubled or tripled in the next legislative go around. that's how the president's going to try to get the agenda through and the way the congress works now. only as a result of outside social pressure. >> howard fineman, thank you for that. excellent sort of detail on what we have been talking about and the strategic shift in the second term and jonathan alter, somebody's with great reporting contacts within the obama white house, in particular. jonathan, i want to ask if that jives with your understanding of the evolution of this white house heading in to the second term, if that's how they're thinking to get stuff done. >> absolutely. no question about it. one of the most important event
ronald reagan did it a generation ago. ronald reagan was the first to go over the heads of congress and use his great appeal as a television personality and communicator, the great communicator to get his agenda through congress. not working the inside game but working the inside game via the outside game. i think you're going to see that doubled or tripled in the next legislative go around. that's how the president's going to try to get the agenda through and the way the congress works now....
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>> this is where they used to have the inaugural ceremonies until ronald reagan moveed it to the other side of the capitol. the president is escorted by the commander of the u.s. army military district of washington.
>> this is where they used to have the inaugural ceremonies until ronald reagan moveed it to the other side of the capitol. the president is escorted by the commander of the u.s. army military district of washington.
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coldest was ronald reagan when it was 7 degrees above zero. and they ended up canceling this parade and he was inaugurated inside the capitol. but the good news is we'll stay fairly clear. the buses going by and of course the reviewing stand gets a clear shot of this. you can see as the buses go by, there's the reviewing stand further down pennsylvania avenue. in between inaugurations, it's in brian williams' backyard as a gazebo which is awfully nice if you bring it out and they can use it every now and again. >> al, tell us about your choice of hats today. >> well, you know, i went to the elmer fudd shop to get my choice of hat today and i'm wascally wabbit. in case it gets cold, i can drop the flats, all is good. in case the snow does come. >> al roker who is flaps up pending precipitation later today. al, thanks. we'll be coming back to you. glad to have you. thank you for the forecast. chuck todd is also at the reviewing stand in lafayette park with a very special guest today and a voice well known in these parts. chuck? >> absolutely, br
coldest was ronald reagan when it was 7 degrees above zero. and they ended up canceling this parade and he was inaugurated inside the capitol. but the good news is we'll stay fairly clear. the buses going by and of course the reviewing stand gets a clear shot of this. you can see as the buses go by, there's the reviewing stand further down pennsylvania avenue. in between inaugurations, it's in brian williams' backyard as a gazebo which is awfully nice if you bring it out and they can use it...
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in 1985, when ronald reagan was inaugurated it was 7°. they had to move most of the festivities inside. there were terrible snowstorms for the inauguration of president kennedy in '61, and president taft as well. today we have 46° and clear skies. jan crawford is on the parade route now. jan, what do you see? >> well, scott, the men preside is just about to arrive, and the crowd erupted into cheers. many of the people have been here since the early morning hours, and it will be their only glimpse today of the newly sworn in president. there's enormous excitement here. the crowd is almost leaning forward 20 people deep to try to see the president as he drives by in hi -- motor kied. people are waving. they've been here since the early morning hours to see the president. >> it's an impressive zult. we were talking about bad weather during inaugurations, and you talked about president grant. >> it was so cold. they were having a big dance, and they put up a tent. and nobody was take their coat off. they were all dancing in their coats, and
in 1985, when ronald reagan was inaugurated it was 7°. they had to move most of the festivities inside. there were terrible snowstorms for the inauguration of president kennedy in '61, and president taft as well. today we have 46° and clear skies. jan crawford is on the parade route now. jan, what do you see? >> well, scott, the men preside is just about to arrive, and the crowd erupted into cheers. many of the people have been here since the early morning hours, and it will be their...
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kennedy, ronald reagan. if you go back before the television age, abraham lincoln. i was reading again last night his second inaugural, and talking about the combination of the bible and shakespeare. for a man who is from my home state of kentucky, born in a log cabin, it is absolutely remarkable and completely memorable. host: what you think of harrison? 8000-some words, longest in history, ended up dying. is there anything you remember from that speech? guest: that he died. he spoke for about two hours in very cold somehow he caught a cold which turned into pneumonia and 30 days later he was dead. >> what about george washington? anything we remember from that speech? guest: not really, but we remember it happened. guest: i think that was more common in the early part of our country that presidents tended to have blogger first inaugural addresses and shorten them for the second. it is almost as if it was a matter of modesty. no television, no expectation that they needed to go on so long and the memorable. host: as we continue to take your calls, we continue to se
kennedy, ronald reagan. if you go back before the television age, abraham lincoln. i was reading again last night his second inaugural, and talking about the combination of the bible and shakespeare. for a man who is from my home state of kentucky, born in a log cabin, it is absolutely remarkable and completely memorable. host: what you think of harrison? 8000-some words, longest in history, ended up dying. is there anything you remember from that speech? guest: that he died. he spoke for about...
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reagan, former governor of california. beforehand, i can't believe it, all of the inaugurals were on the east side of the the capito. john, jennifer, you know it well. there's not that much room there. you can never get a million people on that side of the the capitol. i remember that moment. the other thing i just love is today, barack obama will become the first president to take the oath of office for the fourth time since franklin roosevelt. >> jennifer: amazing. >> john: very true. that's a piece of trivia that won't be matched any time soon. >> jennifer: while we're watching the inaugustral procession, the first president to actually ride in a bulletproof car was lyndon johnson in 1965, michael shure. the first president to ride in a car at all, excuse me, david shuster, are you there? the first president to ride in a ceremony in a car was warren harding back in 1921. so shuster, can you see from where you are. you've got a unique spot looking back at the capitol. can you see any of that happening? >> yeah, we can se
reagan, former governor of california. beforehand, i can't believe it, all of the inaugurals were on the east side of the the capito. john, jennifer, you know it well. there's not that much room there. you can never get a million people on that side of the the capitol. i remember that moment. the other thing i just love is today, barack obama will become the first president to take the oath of office for the fourth time since franklin roosevelt. >> jennifer: amazing. >> john: very...
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remember it was ronald reagan in 1985 where festivities were actually canceled because the high was 17 degrees, and lower than that throughout the day. so this is pretty good. >> i got to say, it's kind of perfect. robin meade, don lemon and christi paul are along with us along the parade route. robin, i know you were out in the cold of the morning. a lot of people we saw, it's been a good day for hand warmers and body warmers. everybody going through security had them in their gloves and in their shoes and in their coats. >> they are the item of the day. i'll tell you that much. to give you an example of what people here went through, to get through security to go to the parade, to me it felt a little different than getting through security to get to the national mall. it feels more stringent here on the parade route, because if you look, see how close people are able to be to the parade route, compared to the blocks and the blocks on the mall. so when we went through security, they asked us -- it was very hands-on. they took away our diet soda cans. no cans allowed. they asked us to
remember it was ronald reagan in 1985 where festivities were actually canceled because the high was 17 degrees, and lower than that throughout the day. so this is pretty good. >> i got to say, it's kind of perfect. robin meade, don lemon and christi paul are along with us along the parade route. robin, i know you were out in the cold of the morning. a lot of people we saw, it's been a good day for hand warmers and body warmers. everybody going through security had them in their gloves and...